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táayvaar / táayvaara- spoil; to spend (money)
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #5544 | revised Dec 20 2015
táayvaar / táayvaara- • V • spoil; to spend (money)
Derivatives (5)
taayvaaráfip "to spoil completely"
tayvárarimka "to spoil (for someone)"
tayvárariv "to spoil (something) for (someone)"
thivthaneentáayvaar "a plant, Saint John's wort (introduced)"
uhtayvaráraam "placename near Orleans"
Source: WB 1366, p.385
- koovúra tutáayvaar péeshpuk. He spent all his money. [Reference: KV]
- tapâanpay nákishnakish îin mít kuntaayváaratihat. But later on the hogs used to spoil them (gardens). [Reference: TK 77.8]
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uhtayvaráraam place.to.spoil.tobacco placename, where they spoil tobacco Source: Phoebe Maddux, The Name of Tobacco (JPH_TKIC-III.2) | read full textkári xás kunpiip tá hínupa utáayvaar papihnêefich then then they.say PERF surprise he.spoils.it Coyote And they said, "There Coyote has spoiled it. Source: Mamie Offield, "Coyote Gives Salmon and Acorns to Mankind" (WB_KL-17) | read full textkári xás upiip akâay tutáayvaar panani'íin then then he.said who he.spoiled my.falls And he said, "Who spoiled my falls?" Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full textvíri tá mihrôoha pirishkâarim tutáayvaar pami'íin so PERF your.wife grizzly he.spoiled your.falls Your wife, Grizzly Bear, spoiled your falls." Source: Mamie Offield, "Duck Hawk and His Wife" (WB_KL-27) | read full text